SOURCE: Black, James. “The Influence of Hobbes on Nahum Tate's King Lear.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 7, no. 3 (summer 1967): 377-85.
In the following essay, Black examines the influence of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes on Tate as he was writing his King Lear, maintaining that Hobbesian ideas are seen most clearly in the character of Edmund.
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